In our world of Minecraft and 90’s nostalgia, nothing makes me more excited than the possibility of playing with legos! Brick Party is a fun and frenzied game of brick building that takes you and a teammate through a wild round of assembly. Reveal the special rule for the round and build the chosen shape faster than your opponents, using only the directions given by your teammate and the restrictions given by the rules for that round.

Hot off the success of their new card expansion, Magic: The Gathering continues their brand expansion by bringing their Lovecraft inspired universe, Shadows over Innistrad, straight into the realm of board games. In this standalone expansion to Arena of the Planeswalkers, players customize their battlefield by placing different terrain around the map and leading their Planeswalkers and legions of creature allies around, attempting to cast spells and dominate the board. Last Planeswalker standing is deemed the victor!

Archer: Once You Go Blackmail… is a new variation of the classic Love Letter game engine — except with far more ARCHER! Each player starts the game with a character card in hand. On a turn, a player draws one card, then plays one of their two cards, activating whichever card they chose to play. The goal is to knock other players out of the round, or to have the highest number of cards in hand when the round ends. Win enough rounds, and you win the game! Have I mentioned Archer?

It’s hard to find good help if you’re a cultist nowadays. Or, at least, that’s what Cultists & Cthulhus would have you believe. Brimming with the nerdy, cynically tinged humor shared by Munchkin and Chez Geek, Cultists & Cthulhus has players controlling rival cult leaders. Each player attempts to round up followers, enact rituals, and (with hope) summon their very own old one. Any two to eight Lovecraft fans will have a great time when they pick up a copy of Cultists & Cthulhus.

Eventually, every popular nerd series delves into time travel. It’s just an unwritten rule. Well, My Little Pony ventures into that timey wimey realm with the newest expansion set for the MLP collectible card game, Marks in Time. Since the set is themed around time travel and alternate realities, players will find updated, younger, or irregular versions of classic cards and ponies in the set.

Wait, Agricola? That’s been out forever. But there you would be wrong. For one, Agricola has been out of print for a good deal a time, so having any version back in print is a good thing. Second, this version of the game is an updated and revised edition. Agricola Revised now features wooden game pieces and a streamlined rulebook that allows the game to play quicker and easier for younger players. Fans of Settlers of Catan, San Juan, and Puerto Rico, if you’ve never played Agricola, now is the time.

Long awaited by all heroes in a half-shell, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Dicemasters set is finally out! This oversized base set includes enough materials for two or four players, depending on how you divide the resources. Featuring the artwork and character designs from various eras of TMNT, the game is playable by all ages. As the game features the same popular mechanics of Quarriors and the other Dicemasters editions, TMNT Dicemasters can be combined with any of the previous sets. So, if you want you can have Leonardo face off against Spider-Man and Harley Quinn!

Another in the line of beloved Star Wars The Card Game expansions, Galactic Ambitions is out this weekend. Featuring five new objective sets for both the Sith and Rebel factions, Galactic Ambitions is a major addition to the base game. Not only do the Sith and Rebel factions receive new objectives, but every other faction also gains one extra objective set. Among those new cards, there is not only another version of Darth Vader, but also Star Wars Rebels‘ Kanan Jarrus!

Finally, if you’re a Magic player and haven’t been living under a rock in the realm of Zendikar, you’ll have been salivating for the release of Eternal Masters. Out this weekend, Eternal Masters is the follow-up to the two Modern Masters sets that raised such a fuss in the Magic world. Reprinting cards from the very beginning of Magicthe Gathering, but in never-before-seen foil versions, this set is seriously desired by any die hard Magic player. Boxes are limited and the price point will rise swiftly as the set goes out of print, so grab what you can, while you can.

Take my love, take my land, but don’t you dare take my Firefly Flux from me! Out last weekend, Looney Labs newest conquest is the Firefly license, which means the cult favorite Sci-Fi series receives its own Fluxx edition. Perfect for two to six players, Firefly Fluxx includes completely new keepers, action cards, and creepers to be played stand-alone or combined with any other version of Fluxx. Also, while supplies last, each purchase of Firefly Fluxx comes with an Alliance creeper promo card.

Dice Masters continues to churn out expansion/Starter Sets for their various properties and this weekend sees the release of Faerun Under Siege for Dungeons & Dragons. Like the previous Starter Sets for Dice Masters, Faerun Under Siege includes the materials for two players to go head-to-head. The materials included are forty-four, thirty-eight cards, a rule book, and two dice bags. This set can also be combined with any of the previous Dice Masters sets.

With a title like Wolves of the North, you know that the newest expansion set for the A Game of Thrones card game has to be about the Stark family. Wolves of the North includes character, event, location, attachment, and plot cards to expand and flesh out your Stark deck. In addition to the Stark-centric cards, the expansion also contains materials for all the other factions in the game, totally up to over 150 cards.

Innistrad has returned to the world of Magic the Gathering with the most recent set, Shadows Over Innistrad. Out this weekend, the new set focuses on vampires, werewolves, and other horror creatures and colors. Like all other Magic launches, the materials released this weekend include booster boxes (each with thirty-six packs), Intro Packs, Fat Packs, and Deck Building Toolkits, all including booster packs or constructed decks for the set. For anyone looking to begin playing Magic the Gathering, any of these materials are ideal entry points.

Everyone’s worried about Who Watches the Watchmen, but the real question should be: Who Plays the Watchmen? A new Crossover Pack for the popular DC Deck Building Game, Watchmen adds six new playable characters from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s landmark miniseries to any base version of the game. In addition to these new characters, the expansion also adds a new mechanic that generate suspicion within the gameplay.

Carcassonne: Over Hill and Dale is a rustic new variant of the original Carcassonne tile laying game that includes new decisions to be made and tactics to be enacted. As players lay tiles, connecting roads and landscaping gardens, they will also be able to plant and harvest crops to gain further points. As with other games in the Carcassonne series, Over Hill and Dale is easy to teach to younger or new players, making it a perfect introductory game experience for families.

Empires continue to be build in the new expansion for Roll for the Galaxy. Roll for the Galaxy: Ambition explores sets of new factions that have been added to the game, accompanied by new strategies and game tiles. New Leader and Entrepreneur dice are also added to the existing dice pile, offering possibilities to recruit workers and other factions that can assist in growing your empire.

There are few products that have Neil Gaiman‘s name plastered on them that are not worth a look. A Study in Emerald is definitely in the “worth a look” category! Based off the award winning short story by Gaiman, the A Study in Emerald board game throws players into the author’s fictional world, one that combines Sherlock Holmes and H.P. Lovecraft. The Old Ones have taken over the Earth, running it for centuries, but a dedicated few are inclined to resist and restore power to the people. Players will control those “Restorationists” as they attempt to overturn the Old Ones’ rule with covert assassinations and attacks. Whether you use dynamite or espionage, the goal is to restore power to humankind.

Built out of the ruins of the popular Heroscape miniature battle game, Arena of the Planeswalkers takes the Magic the Gathering mythos and uses it to provide miniature characters based off of Magic cards that can be pitted against each other. Battle for Zendikar is the first expansion for the base game, including entirely new Planewalkers, heroes, and squads, as well as a special battlefield scenario to play through. Bringing that scenario to life is an additional gameboard expansion that can connect to the previous board. Ob Nixilis and Kiora are the two featured Planeswalkers in this set.

Stop a fanatical cult from returning a Dark Pharaoh to power in 1920s Egypt in the new Eldritch Horror expansion, Under the Pyramids. This expansion features an Egypt side board enabling invetigators to explore the nation’s bustling cities, barren deserts, and mysterious archaeological sites. Eight intrepid new investigators join the struggle against the Ancient Ones, aided by invaluable Relics, powerful Glamour Spells, and legendary allies including the archaeologist Enoch Bowen and the illusionist Erich Weiss.

Both a tile laying and card collection game, Lanterns the Harvest Festival will be the next easy-to-learn, but endlessly playable game you and your friends get addicted to. In the game, players will be competing as artisans who are attempting to plan a beautiful lantern display on the palace lake. Each player will take turns laying down tiles with assorted arrangements of different colored lanterns, attempting to connect a portion of the tile with another, matching tile. By doing so, players will also earn lantern cards that can be collected to win the game. For a limited time, anyone who purchases the game at Pulp Fiction will also receive a promo tile packet!

Join the family in Mafia de Cuba. In the vein of Ultimate Werewolf or Bang!, Mafia de Cuba is a game of deceptive trickery. Players will pass around the actual game box, which will contain various diamonds and tokens, each of which can be stolen or left in order to choose your allegiance. As the box is passed around, other players will have to deduce who has taken or not taken what tokens in order to figure out their allegiance.

Boss Monster 2 may have already come out, but that was simply the standard edition. If you know anything about video games, you’ll know that alternate versions and updated editions are a regular occurrence. That being said, Boss Monster 2 receives a special limited edition variant this weekend. Including the same twelve new bosses from the original version, this limited edition presents them in shiny, deluxe holofoil!

Bring home the mystical mysteries of Ponyville and beyond with this exciting new expansion set to the My Little Pony Collectible Card Game. Each High Magic Theme Deck includes three must-have exclusive cards, including a new Mane Character card that will change the way you play. With the Steal the Show Theme Deck you’ll use the show-stopping magic of The Great and Powerful Trixie to unlock the Chest of Harmony, travel halfway across Equestria, score fifteen points, and win the game!

Heavily influenced by anime and manga, Code of Nine is the newest game from the designers of Tragedy Looper. In the game, you are an automaton awakening to the ruins of the world 100 years after its destruction. With no humans alive to guide you, and only having two of the eight important conditions that you must obey, you must wander the ruins to complete the task assigned you. Each location on the board has a unique effect. You may gain items, steal items, or look at your opponents’ Memory cards. You must choose which action to take, but with only fifteen turns to act, choose wisely.

Fantasy Flight games launches a series playmats this weekend for the Game of Thrones LCG. Each of these rubber playmats are 14″x24″ in diameter, and feature beautifully illustrated versions of the George R.R. Martin’s most famous characters. Choose from The Kingslayer, the Mother of Dragons, Ironborn Reavers, the Red Witch, and others. While these playmats are intended for use with the LCG, they are obviously usable with Magic, My Little Pony, or any other popular card game.

And if you’re going to be picking up a new playmat, might as well grab a fancy Monster Playmat Tube. These tubes come in a variety of colors, including red, green, gray, clear, and opaque black and white. Unlike other brands of playmat tubes, Monsters are triangular, which keeps them from rolling away when you sit them down.

You’ve played Farkle, but have you ever braved the challenge of Dragon Farkle? The answer is likely “no,” as the game is just coming out this weekend. Dragon Farkle is like standard versions of Farkle, but with the added mechanics that account for the whole dragon-ness of it all. Not only will you roll dice to “build your armies,” you will also utilize various magic items and companions, represented by cards, to battle against the menacing dragon.

What game isn’t improved by throwing some Cthulhu into it? None. The answer is none. In Shadows Over Normandie: Achtung! Cthulhu, two to three players control opposing armies (the Majestic, Deep Ones, or Black Sun) in all out warfare. Represented by illustrated tokens, each army moves across battlefield tiles that pose obstacles and cover, much like a miniature battle game. Of course, in this version of WWII, the Elder Gods have fully descended upon the Earth, adding a little extra challenge.

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, rolls a die like a spider can! Yes, The Amazing Spider-Man Dice Masters Starter Sets have finally swung into the store. Each Starter Set contains forty-four custom dice and thirty-eight cards, enough materials for two players to compete head-to-head. Included in the game are old favorites like Spider-Man, himself, the Kingpin, and Carnage, alongside new favorites, like Spider-Gwen. In addition to these affordable Starter Sets, the Amazing Spider-Man booster packs are also on shelves. Each pack contains a new character that can be incorporated into the main game.

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